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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1908
Page
8
Muscatine shoppers and residents are seen in town with visitors from Durant Blue Island Chicago and Letts. Several head to relatives and friends in Davenport Wilton Washington Atalissa and Dubuque. Trips include Den ver Denver and Porto Rico mission work.
Closing day of the Y W C A conference at Lake Geneva features Miss Mabel Cratty speaking on The Secretary's Personal Character and Miss Mary McElroy addressing The Secretary's Place and Opportunity. Board members discuss The Administrative Problem The Committee Adequate Supervision The Problem of Finance. Misses Agnes and Alice Gillette returned from Lake Geneva.
Wilton Iowa notes list many residents visiting kin or friends in nearby towns. Among the highlights are Henry K. Bram mell funeral attendees from Cheyenne and Loveland, Mrs. Bodman from Ames, Miss Lizzie Fagan from Davenport, and numerous visits by Moylan, Ruff, Delaney, Doran, Angerer, Cooling, Ryan, and others across Muscatine Davenport Davenport and Cedar Rapids as days pass.
Purchasers of the Horton and Morford farms near the city are unnamed though the price is around 60000. Deeds may be filed in October and the land’s use remains uncertain. speculated as an ideal factory site rather than farm land. The Moscow Canal project dates back to 1865 with multiple surveys and a revived plan in 1903. A new Independent Power company may promote the venture with plans mature and ready after the September meeting. Local notes mention family visits and a journ al contest.
Port Allen residents report steady melon shipments with several cars loaded. H F Babbitt works at Seymore loading melons while C R Chown takes a car south. Families and visitors travel among nearby towns including Morning Sun and Burlington, enjoying rains and updated farm activity as Chautauqua ends.
The column records visits and small events across White Lily and nearby towns including Pearl Shutler’s stay with Bertha Rexinger in Rock Island, Henry Bastian and Laura France in Milan vicinity, and Emil Ziegler’s barn project. An electric storm caused damage and lightning struck M. J. Murphy’s new house. several local families hosted relatives and friends over the weekend.
Miss Ruby Hulse returns from Burlington. A T Richardson resumes chautauqua duties. Local anglers send Michigan and Chicago fish to friends. Joy Schreckenghast visits from Burlington. Ailing J C Clarke remains seriously ill. Local boys stage a Wild West show daily with pony riders. The Roving Ramseys perform vaudeville at the post office hall with good turnout and another show planned.
Chicago and New York grain markets show Sept contracts for wheat at around 92 to 93 cents, corn near 76 to 86 cents, oats around 48 to 49 cents, with various December and Sept figures. Pork and lard prices listed, plus barley rye and timothy quotes. regional market notes from Chicago and St Louis dated Aug 24.
Chicago market report shows wheat prices for No 2 red No 3 red No 2 hard and No 3 hard ranging from 93 to 95 cents. Corn prices list No 2 No 2 white No 2 yellow No 3 and No 3 white with values from 77 to 78 cents and No 2 white and No 3 white at 50 and 48 to 50 cents respectively.
Chicago August 24 cattle receipts about 30 000 down 10 to 15 cents. Beeves westerns and steers and stockers and feeders and cows and heifers priced between 1 75 and 5 90. Hogs receipts 25 000 steady with prices from 6 00 to 6 85. Sheep receipts 26 000 weak with lambs reported 3 50 to 6 20.
Chicago market report shows turkeys at 15 cents, chickens at 10 and a half cents, and springs at 15 cents. This reflects the day’s light demand and steady supply for fowl trades in the city.
Butter steady at creameries 19 22 4 cents and dairies 17 20 cents. Eggs steady with firsts at 18 1/2 cents. Chicago market reports dated August 24.
New York produce market report shows butter prices from creamery and dairy lines ranging 18 to 24 cents with 6,782 butter receipts and 6,581 eggs receipts. Firsts and seconds vary by grade with eggs quoted at 21 to 22 cents for firsts and 19 to 20 cents for seconds.
New York market brief notes August 24 on poultry trading conditions. Details remain fragmentary as reports focus on price shifts and supply observations within the city markets.
The Muscatine market lists corn 75c, oats 45c, wheat 75 80c, and varied prices for feed, hay, and livestock. Butter, eggs, poultry, vegetables, fruits, meats, fish, and dairy goods are itemized with per unit and per weight rates from local suppliers including Muscatine Produce Co markets and specific produce like corn, lettuce, and apples.
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